An independent tool for viewing City of Chicago building data
According to the 2022 Chicago Climate Action Plan, 69% of Chicago's emissions come from buildings, making building emissions our biggest challenge and our biggest opportunity as a city to tackle climate change. At Electrify Chicago, we showcase building performance using publicly available data supplemented by community-submitted photographs and building owners.
Start by looking at Chicago's buildings with the highest greenhouse gas intensity i.e. emissions per square foot. Large, efficient, buildings can perform much better than very inefficient small buildings on this metric.
The City Of Chicago failed to collect $30 million in potential fines from the building benchmarking ordinance, reducing transparency and accountability.
As of late January 2024, legislation is being introduced to require new use more efficient forms of water and space heating, via the Clean And Affordable Buildings Ordinance (CABO), which will reduce the number of highly polluting and inefficient buildings that end up on this site.
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Note: This data only includes buildings whose emissions are reported under the Chicago Energy Benchmarking Ordinance. According to the City “As of 2016, this list includes all commercial, institutional, and residential buildings larger than 50,000 square feet.” This dataset is also then filtered to only buildings with reported emissions > 1,000 metric tons CO2 equivalent.
This data is also from 2021, but when new benchmark data is available, we'll update the site.
Property Name / address | Primary Property Type |
Greenhouse Gas Intensity (kg CO2 eq./sqft) |
Total Greenhouse Emissions (metric tons CO2 eq.) |
---|---|---|---|
2600 N Hampden
2600 N HAMPDEN CT
| Multifamily Housing | 5.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 30%
| 348 tons
Lowest 13%
|
222 North LaSalle
222 N LaSalle St
| Office | 5.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 30%
| 6,580 tons
Highest 5%
|
Montclare Senior Residences of Avalon Park Phase I
1200 E 78TH ST
| Multifamily Housing | 5.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 30%
| 496 tons
Lowest 27%
|
New Englewood Terrace Apartments
6425 S Lowe
| Multifamily Housing | 5.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 30%
| 1,749 tons
Highest 27%
|
St. Rita of Cascia High School
7740 S Western Ave
| K-12 School | 5.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 30%
| 1,495 tons
Highest 31%
|
C3600FRA (22112)
3600 3612 W FRANKLIN BLVD
| Multifamily Housing | 5.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 30%
| 341 tons
Lowest 13%
|
Algonquin Venture Real Estate LLC
1135 W SHERIDAN RD
| Multifamily Housing | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 533 tons
Lowest 30%
|
1214 W. Jackson Blvd
1220 W. Jackson Blvd
| Multifamily Housing | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 689 tons
Lowest 41%
|
Midpointe Apartments
4050 West 115th Street
| Multifamily Housing | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 2,097 tons
Highest 21%
|
The Sinclair
1201 N LaSalle Street
| Multifamily Housing | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 3,125 tons
Highest 13%
|
Woodlawn Station
6253 S Cottage Grove Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 459 tons
Lowest 23%
|
1001 South State
1001 S STATE ST
| Multifamily Housing | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 2,707 tons
Highest 15%
|
5924 N Lincoln
5924 N Lincoln Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 265 tons
Lowest 6%
|
Reside by Irving Park
725 W Irving Park Rd
| Multifamily Housing | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 334 tons
Lowest 12%
|
20 N State
20 N State St
| Multifamily Housing | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 1,114 tons
Highest 41%
|
Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data